{"nrhp_refnum":"02000881","name":"Pleasant Hill United Church of Christ","other_names":["Newlight Christian Church on the Stillwater"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10 W. Monument St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pleasant Hill","county":"Miami County","state":"OH","lat":40.05208711300003,"lon":-84.34511084399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-08-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Late Gothic Revival church building at 10 West Monument Street in Pleasant Hill, Miami County, Ohio, completed in 1911 to designs by Schenck & Williams of Dayton. It is arranged on the Akron Sunday School Plan.","why_significant":"The church is nominated for its architecture as a high-style example of Late Gothic Revival design in Miami County and as a late example of the Akron Plan church. Its Tudor-arched stained glass windows, stone detailing and corner tower are cited as distinguishing features. The congregation traces back to 1816, and the church also meets the consideration for religious properties because of its local architectural significance.","narrative":"Completed in 1911 on the corner of Monument and Church Streets in Pleasant Hill, this church was designed by the Dayton firm Schenck & Williams in the Late Gothic Revival style. It rests on a rusticated limestone foundation, with pressed gray brick walls and Bedford limestone trim. Large Tudor-arched windows of stained and leaded glass dominate the gable facades, and a square corner tower sits diagonally to the sanctuary. Inside, twenty classrooms on two levels surround a central assembly room, which opens to a sloped-floor sanctuary with curved pews, oak flooring, an original pipe organ and a baptistery. This arrangement is a late example of the Akron Sunday School Plan. Cornerstones record the congregation's organization in 1816 and a series of earlier church buildings, as well as the 1819 founding of the Miami Ohio Christian Conference. The church was listed for its architectural significance, and it retains much original character despite changes to doors, roofing and skylights.","period_of_significance":"1911","architect_builder":"Schenck & Williams of Dayton, Ohio - Architects","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival; Akron Plan Church","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still a church. The Sunday school rooms are no longer used for classes, and alterations include replaced doors, an asphalt shingle roof over the sanctuary, covered skylights and a 1975 lift elevator.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:06.996262-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/02000881.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000881/8f10490976-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000881/8f10490976-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pleasant_Hill_United_Church_of_Christ_from_southwest.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pleasant_Hill_United_Church_of_Christ_from_southwest.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71990297","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant_Hill_United_Church_of_Christ","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7203877"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/miami-county/pleasant-hill-united-church-of-christ-02000881/"}